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<blockquote data-quote="Darkness" data-source="post: 65240" data-attributes="member: 13">*sigh* I really hate debate things like range: unlimited vs. line of effect, but y'all made me curious with your bickering, so I'll give it a shot. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />*thumbs through his PHB until he reaches page 148**starts reading the &quot;Casting a Spell&quot; section closely*Okay... Let's see what we have here...Range: Unlimited.Aiming a spell...Target: One living creature.Okay... The appropriate section says, &quot;You must be able to see or touch the target, and you must specifically choose that target.&quot; (The oft-quoted &quot;line of effect.&quot;)So far, so good. In the spell description is mentioned, &quot;You send a hideous and unsettling phantasmal vision to a specific creature whom you name or otherwise specifically designate.&quot;Which is of course the point of contention here. Now, this phrase can be interpreted in several ways - but which is the correct one?*starts thumbing through his PHB again*Okay - nothing here. Well, now, to my chagrin, I have to admit that I don't think that the phrase at the start of the spell description supersedes the general rule. Thus, you'll have to see or touch the target. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:"&nbsp; data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> But that, of course, makes the spell nearly useless. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />Sorry that I couldn't add more to this discussion than a summary and my own opinion...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darkness, post: 65240, member: 13"] *sigh* I really [i]hate[/i] debate things like range: unlimited vs. line of effect, but y'all made me curious with your bickering, so I'll give it a shot. :) *thumbs through his PHB until he reaches page 148* *starts reading the "Casting a Spell" section closely* Okay... Let's see what we have here... [b]Range:[/b] Unlimited. Aiming a spell... [b]Target:[/b] One living creature. Okay... The appropriate section says, "[i]You must be able to see or touch the target, and you must specifically choose that target[/i]." (The oft-quoted "line of effect.") So far, so good. In the spell description is mentioned, "[i]You send a hideous and unsettling phantasmal vision to a specific creature whom you name or otherwise specifically designate[/i]." Which is of course the point of contention here. Now, this phrase can be interpreted in several ways - but which is the correct one? *starts thumbing through his PHB again* Okay - nothing here. Well, now, to my chagrin, I have to admit that I don't think that the phrase at the start of the spell description supersedes the general rule. Thus, you'll have to see or touch the target. :eek: But that, of course, makes the spell nearly useless. :( Sorry that I couldn't add more to this discussion than a summary and my own opinion... [/QUOTE]

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